Well-known Punjabi singer-actor Parmish Verma will be playing the lead role in Punjabi remake of Rohit Shetty’s hit action Bollywood film ‘Singham’, which stars Ajay Devgn.

The Punjabi re-make of the 2011 blockbuster will be co-produced by Ajay Devgn and T-Series Films. Recently, the shoot of the film kick-started and the ‘Gaal Ni Kadni’ fame singer took to his Instagram account to share his look from the movie.

Parmish Verma is playing the character of a tough cop named Dilsher Singh. He captioned the image as: “#Singham Shoot starts today. Thank you @ajaydevgn @panorama_studios for believing in me, I wouldn’t be here without my fans. #SonamBajwa #KumarMangat @AbhishekPathakk #tseries #NavniatSingh #DheerajRattan #MunishSahni #OmjeeGroup. Waheguru Mehar Kare.”

Earlier, Ajay Devgn announced the Punjabi version of “Sigham” by sharing a poster on his Twitter handle. He captioned it as: “Punjab da sher (Tiger of Punjab) Parmish Verma, Kumar Mangat Pathak, Abhishek Pathak.”

Singham’ was first made in the southern film industry, followed by Bollywood and now in Punjabi. ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se’ fame director Navaniat Singh is directing the Punjabi version of the film. The fil is slated to release in 2019.